Beer Man: Magic Hat's Dream Machine a celebration of big hops

12:25 PM,
Feb. 27, 2014

Written by

TODD HAEFER
For The Post-Crescent/Gannett

Magic Hat is releasing its first new year-round beer in many years, and the brewery has chosen wisely.

Dream Machine is an India pale lager that will satisfy the thousands of hopheads around the United States. Brewing it with lager yeast gives it a crisper body than an ale and that goes well with the intense citrusy hop flavors.

Since it was a lager, I poured my sample into a V-shaped pilsner glass. It was a wonderful sight watching the hypnotic swirl of bubbles cascading upward through the light amber liquid. The head it formed was snow white and rocky. It looked like it should be in an ...